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Progress in Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer

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Editors:
  1. Barry J. Allen

    1. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, Australia

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  2. Douglas E. Moore

    1. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  3. Baiba V. Harrington

    1. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, Australia

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Table of contents (135 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Projects Reviews

    1. An Optimized Epithermal Neutron Beam for Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT) at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR)

      • R. G. Fairchild, V. Benary, J. Kalef-Ezra, S. K. Saraf, R. M. Brugger, A. Shih et al.
      Pages 1-6

    2. The Petten BNCT Project

      • R. L. Moss, F. Stecher-Rasmussen, R. Huiskamp, L. Dewit, B. Mijnheer
      Pages 7-12

    3. The Idaho Power Burst Facility/Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (PBF/BNCT) Program Overview

      • Ronald V. Dorn III, Merle L. Griebenow, Arlene L. Ackermann, Lowell G. Miller, Patrick R. Gavin, David L. Miller et al.
      Pages 13-20

    4. The Neutron Capture Therapy Research Program at New England Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      • R. Zamenhof, H. Madoc-Jones, O. Harling, D. Wazer, S. Saris, J. Yanch et al.
      Pages 21-26

    5. Nct Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia

      • R. M. Brugger, J. A. Shih, H. S. Wu, H. B. Liu, X. S. Luo
      Pages 27-29

    6. Goals of the european collaboration on Boron neutron capture therapy

      • Detlef Gabel
      Pages 31-36

    7. Critique of Mit Workshop on Neutron Beam Design, Development and Performance for Neutron Capture Therapy

      • Otto K. Harling, John A. Bernard, Robert G. Zamenhof
      Pages 37-40

    8. Programme for BNCT with Accelerator-Produced KeV Neutrons and Related Chemical and Biological Studies

      • A. Andersson, J. Andersson, J-O. Burgman, J. Capala, J. Carlsson, H. Condé et al.
      Pages 41-52

  3. Reactor Neutron Sources

    1. Performance of the Currently Available Epithermal Neutron Beam at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR-II)

      • J. R. Choi, R. G. Zamenhof, J. C. Yanch, R. Rogus, O. K. Harling
      Pages 53-56

    2. A Compact Triga Reactor for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

      • William L. Whittemore
      Pages 57-62

    3. Design, Construction and Installation of an Epithermal Neutron Beam for BNCT at the High Flux Reactor Petten

      • R. L. Moss, F. Stecher-Rasmussen, K. Ravensberg, G. Constantine, P. Watkins
      Pages 63-66

    4. Modelling an Epithermal Neutron Beam for a Dido Type Reactor Using Mcnp - A Monte Carlo Code

      • D. Ross, G. Constantine, D. R. Weaver
      Pages 67-69

    5. Mcnp Calculations for the Design and Characterisation of the Petten BNCT Epithermal Neutron Beam

      • P. Watkins, G. Constantine, F. Stecher-Rasmussen, W. Freudenreich, R. L. Moss, R. Ricchena
      Pages 71-73

    6. Monte-Carlo Calculation Results for the Epithermal Neutron Beam at the Brookhaven Medical Reactor

      • J. Gajewski, E. B. Ramsay, L. E. Reinstein, S. Saraf, R. Fairchild
      Pages 75-78

    7. Design Considerations for the Proposed Hifar Thermal and Epithermal Neutron Capture Therapy Facilities

      • G. J. Storr, B. J. Allen, B. V. Harrington, L. R. Davis, M. M. Elcombe, H. Meriaty
      Pages 79-82

    8. Neutron Beam Parameters on LVR-15 Reactor for Neutron Capture Therapy

      • J. Burian, M. Marek, J. Rataj
      Pages 83-86

    9. Study on the Best Design of Neutron Irradiation Facility for BNCT

      • Otohiko Aizawa, Hiroshi Yamada
      Pages 87-90

    10. Studsvik Thermal Neutron Facility

      • Orn-Anong Pettersson, Per Svensson, Börje Larsson, Erik Grusell
      Pages 91-93

    11. Effective Thermal Neutron Collimation for Neutron Capture Therapy Using Neutron Absorption and Scattering Reactions

      • Tooru Kobayashi, Shusuke Fujihara, Keiji Kanda
      Pages 95-99
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Despite the many advances made in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, the mortality rate is still about half that of the incidence rate. However, the odds are not evenly distributed. Prognosis for some cancers is good, but for others, few patients will survive 12 months. This latter group of cancers is characterised by a proclivity to disseminate malignant cells in the host organ. The degree of surgery possible may be limited by the critical nature of the organ, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy are of palliative value only. In some cases systemic metastases occur, but in other cases, failure to achieve local control results in death. First among these cancers are the high grade brain tumours, astrocytoma 3,4 and glioblastoma multiforme. Local control of these tumours should lead to cure. Other cancers melanoma metastatic to the brain, for which a useful palliative therapy is not yet available, and pancreatic cancer for which localised control at an early stage could bring about improved prognosis. Patients with these cancers have little grounds for hope. Our primary objective is to reverse this situation with Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT). The purpose of this fourth symposium is to hasten the day whereby patients with these cancers can reasonably hope for substantial remissions. The first symposium on NCT was held in Boston in 1983, followed by Tokyo in 1985 and Bremen, Germany in 1988.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, Australia

    Barry J. Allen, Baiba V. Harrington

  • University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Douglas E. Moore

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Progress in Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer

  • Editors: Barry J. Allen, Douglas E. Moore, Baiba V. Harrington

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3384-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44104-2Published: 31 May 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6494-8Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3384-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 668

  • Topics: Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Plant Sciences

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